Radiator cover



June '2, 1925. 1,540,709 F. W. PIEHL ET AL l RADIATOR COVER Filed July 15. 1922 y 2 sneetsheet 2" PZ. 7''nvmerm a n rv INVENTOR Patented June 2, 1925.

muren STATES letame PATENTS ermee@ rie-ED W. PIEHL, JoHN H. PIE-HL, AND rAUL r. TIMMERMANN, or FAIHBANK, Iowa.

'RADIATOR covnn.

Application led July 15,

To all who/ml z5 mm1/concern.'

Be it known that we, Flinn' V. PIEHL, JOHN H. P IEHL, and PAUL F, TIMMERMANN, citizens of the United States, residing at Fairbank, in the countyof Buchanan and State of Iowa, have' invented new and use ful Improvements in Radiator Covers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments for motor vehicles, and has forits objectv the provision of a novel device for covering thefront of the radiator of any automobile in cold weatherto prevent 'freezing when the car is standing still, the device including novel means for opening the cover to prevent boiling of the water when thercar is in motion y p An important object is the provision of a device of this character-1 in which the cover is movably mounted and'. provided with a link and lever control which is operated from the dash of the machine so that it is unnecessary for the driver or other occupant to get-out and adjust the cover, the adjustment being taken care of easily while the car is in motion.

An additional object is the provision of a deviceof this character which Will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, easy to install and control, efficient and durable in service and a general improvement in the art.

lllith the above and other objects and advantages in View the invention consists in the details of construction to. bey hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device applied to an automobile and showing it in closed position, n

Figure 2 is a similar view showing it in open position,

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the vehicle showing the operating means the dash being in section and showing the control element passing therethrough,

Figure 4 is a detail vertical section through the device,

Figure 5 is a perspective view of one operating rod, Y Y

Figure Gis a perspective view of the guide bracket.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the letter A designates the radiator of an automobile, B designates'the hood and The plate 14 is heavier than the 1922. Serial No. 575,427.

C 'the dash. Incarrying outour invention lwe provide a frame 10 which is constructed Yof metaland which maybemade of one piece or of several pieces suitably secured together, this frame being of a size and shapeto be disposed conveniently against the front cfa radiator. side members 11 which have their upper ends looped 4as shown at 12 to define bearings within which is journaled a rod 1B carrying a movable plate 14. The numeral 15 designates a cross strip upon which is mounted a lower plate 16. When the upper plate is in downwardly Vextending vertical position and the lower plate is in raised The frame includes position as' shownin Figure 1 they cover thefront of the radiator andlpreventcold air from passingtherethrough-; t The control means consists ofa ^`bracket- 17 secured at one lowerV corner of the frame 10 and having pivoted thereon an angle lever 18 having one arm 19 connected with a rod or wire 2O which extends up through the dash C in convenient position to be grasped and pulled bythe operator. Gon,- nectedwith the other arm 21 of this angle leverris a rod or Wire 22 which is connected with a lever 23 pivoted on the frame 10 and which is in turn connected with the plate 16 by a rod 25. Also connected with the lever 23 is a rod 24 which is connected with a crank on the rod 13.

it is merely necessary that the operator grasp the wire 20 and pull upon it which will result in swinging thel angle lever 1S and this will exert a push upon both of the rods`24 and 25 so as to cause upward swinging of the plate 14 and downward sliding of the plate 16 to a desired extent. catch means may be provided on the dash for holding the wire 2O at any position so that the cover plates will remain where put. In effecting closing the catch means lis released whereupon the weight of the plate 14 will cause them to return to normal depending or vertical Vposition gravitationally. plate 16 in order to raise the latter. i

From' the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will be apparent that We have thus provided a simply `constructed and consequentlyinexpensive protective device fork radiators which will ef- Any cold Weather and which maybe partially said rod, a second plate slidably fmoi1nted opened or closed at will so as to `control the temperature as it is Well known thatvan .engine runs vWith its Amaximum ei'ioiency When the Water is sliglitlybelow the -boiling,l point. It is apparent that the constructioniissuch that the device may be installed Without necessitating any Changes Ain theoonstruetion ot' the radiatorl itself. Owing to the lsirnplicity `it is vobvious that` there :is anothing ln'ineh to ggetout of order Land that the devieeeshould have a longflife andfsatisf-actolrily perform all fthe functions for which it is intended. v

`LVhile We A"ha-ve sho'wnand described the Apreferred embodiment fof the invention it is of course to :be understood that-We rese-rre 'the-right'to make suohc'hanges in the forni, construction and arrangement of parts ras Will'not depart Lfrom the spirit'ofthe invention or the scope xofthe-siibjoined claims.

l/Ve Claim:

l. A radiator 1protector Comprising a frame mounted on radiator `at the front thereof, a rod Yjournaledtransversely oftheA Within the traine bel'ors7 said :frst lnamed .plate.a lever pivoted on the frame and having ,one .end `connected with said slidable p'late and 'its other end Connected with said fcrank arm, a bracket on said frame, an angle lever pivoted on said bracket and connected with the second :named end of said lever, and means operable from the dash for swinging said angle Jever rto inlove .said dir-st named .lever tor swinging the irst named lplate and :sliding fthe secondwnamed plate 2. A device .fo'f the character ldescribed `Comprising a traine disposable .against a `radiator,-lanrupper plate pivoted Withintthe t'rame and eoveriirgr alportionol-'the spaee` a second .plate-:slidablynounted belowsaid first named iplate -forfcoveringthe remainder :of the space, a pivotedleverfcarried by the l'fi-ame, trod nnenibers fcanried by said lever :and yconnected with :the respective plates, aanclfnieansufor moving ksaid 4lever from the In stestimony :whereof ivve :aix our :signa- 'tures FREDV. PIEHL. JOHN 'PIEHL 4{P-UL iF. TIMMERMANN. 

